INPEX safety shortcuts exposed Ichthys LNG workers and ocean to mercury
INPEX bypassed equipment and ignored procedures agreed with the regulator that together were meant to keep the toxic metal contained.
Emissions of natural gas, methane, directly to the atmosphere are about 80 times more warming than the same weight of CO2 over a 20-year period. Unintended release of methane is a significant issue in determining the full climate change effect of gas production and use.
The gas industry argues burning methane is less damaging to the climate than coal, but are we underestimating the affect of methane leaks?
All the info and a bit of comment on WA energy, industry and climate every Friday